West Roxbury attorney recognized in ‘Grit’ book

West Roxbury resident Kelly Bonnevie, an attorney with Wilson, Marino & Bonnevie in Newton, is featured in a new book about successful women lawyers: “Grit: the Secret to Advancement.”

In the book Bonnevie describes the challenges of being successful in the legal profession and provides advice for newer lawyers.

Her law firm is a women-owned firm recently recognized by the Boston Business Journal as one of the 25th largest LGBT-owned businesses in Massachusetts. Bonnevie has been recognized by Massachusetts Lawyers’ Weekly as a “lawyer of the year” for her work on a landmark sex and race discrimination case.